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Northbound lane re-opened to traffic Tuesday
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
Northbound I-85 re-opened to traffic on Tuesday morning after the fatal crash of an 18-wheeler into a concrete support column two days earlier at the Highway 150 overpass near Gaffney.
Two occupants of the truck died in the resulting inferno and damage that forced S.C. Department of […]

Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler and Rep. Alan Clemmons were honored at the South Carolina Republican Party convention as the Republican Senator and Representative of the Year.
Each received the Terry Haskins Award over the weekend of May 7 for leadership on issues critical to South Carolina and leadership in the SCGOP.

For the rest of the […]

Teenagers crash after speeding from police
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
Cherokee County sheriff’s investigators and North Carolina authorities continued working the case this week of stolen vehicles being stripped for parts and abandoned near the state line.
Two teenagers are accused of being caught in the act, after deputies found evidence in a wooded area near Exit […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
A former Blacksburg police officer who later worked as a Cherokee County sheriff’s deputy before joining the Highway Patrol has been named South Carolina’s 2010 Trooper of the Year.
Lt. Cpl. Dean McAbee of Gaffney was selected from 10 nominees and is the first named from Cherokee County for the statewide honor, […]

Educators inspired by students, colleagues
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
Teachers at Blacksburg’s four schools have been recognized for dedication to their students.
Dr. Ed Taylor, school superintendent, said the honor is significant.
 “It’s one of the most special things for a teacher when their peers select them ‘teacher of the year.’ It’s for outstanding service to the children […]

Information on man’s wife’s death still unavailable
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
A man shot by a Cherokee County sheriff’s deputy died five days later, and authorities have still not released details about the death of his wife that prompted the confrontation with officers.
Sheriff Steve Mueller said on April 13 deputies were dispatched about 11:30 p.m. with […]

Search underway for 15-year-old
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has received a report that a Blacksburg teenager has run away from home and is still missing.
The mother of Laura Pate, 15, told a deputy her daughter left their Tucker Road residence between 11 p.m. on April 4 and 6:50 a.m. on April 5.
Connie Jean Smack said […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
Two of the 10 unsolved cold cases given increased attention by Cherokee County sheriff’s investigators include two victims of murder from Blacksburg.
Sheila Patterson Manley’s body was found on Dec. 11, 1996, at the 100-mile marker exit ramp off I-85 at Highway 5.
Her husband, Clarence Manley, said at a news conference […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
A Gaffney man is accused of beating his roommate to death, before he reported both were assaulted by a third person.
Detective Daniel Ward signed an arrest warrant charging Eduardo Enrique Molina, 25, with murder. Molina is being held in the Cherokee County Detention Center, awaiting a bond hearing.
The victim, Efrain Acosta […]

Deputies praised for rescuing disabled occupant

Photo by Johnny Horn.
The Boarding House on Cherokee Avenue in Gaffney was destroyed in an early morning fire on March 9. Investigators continued working this week to determine the cause.

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said an investigation into what caused a fire that destroyed the boarding […]